seoir

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /swaʁ/, X-SAMPA: /swaR/

Verb

seoir (defective)

1. to be suitable for; to be proper for
2. (law) to be situated
3. (archaic) sit down (see also s'asseoir)

Conjugation

This is a defective verb, only conjugated in the third person

   Conjugation of seoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		seoir			—
gerund		en séant			—
present participle		séant
past participle		sis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	—	—	sied	—	—	siéent
	imperfect	—	—	seyait	—	—	seyaient
	past historic1	—	—	—	—	—	—
	future	—	—	siéra	—	—	siéront
	conditional	—	—	siérait	—	—	siéraient
compound tenses	present perfect	—
	pluperfect	—
	past anterior1	—
	future perfect	—
	conditional perfect	—
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	—	—	siée	—	—	siéent
	imperfect1	—	—	—	—	—	—
compound tenses	past	—
	pluperfect1	—
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	—	—	—	—	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• osier, seroi

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin sedēre, present active infinitive of sedeō.

Verb

seoir

1. to be; to be situated
   • circa 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:

     Vous devés savoir que assés près de la ou ils estoient, siet la ville de Iuberot

     You should know that quite close to there where they were, is the city of Juberot

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Old French

Etymology

Latin sedeō.

Verb

seoir

1. to sit down, to take a seat

Descendants

• French: seoir